BELLE AND SEBASTIAN

Not only is actor/comedian Simon Bird lucky enough to have achieved his dream of being a director, making his feature debut Days of the Bagnold Summer (due for release next year), on top of that, he also convinced his favorite band, Belle and Sebastian, to provide the soundtrack. The Scottish indie rockers—who formed in Glasgow in 1994 and are known for cutting classic albums such as Tigermilk, If You’re Feeling Sinister, The Boy With the Arab Strap, and The Life Pursuit— also dug up some long lost (and even one unfinished) vintage rarities for Bird’s film. The band also penned new songs for Days of the Bagnold Summer, which is Bird’s directorial debut after making a name for himself in his native UK as an actor on the hit TV and movie series The Inbetweeners. Based on Joff Winterhart’s graphic novel of the same name, Days of the Bagnold Summer stars Earl Cave (son of legendary rocker Nick Cave and also previously in the Netflix show The End of the F***ing World) as a embittered teen spending the summer with